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in the time, was 5,369 quarts. The largest quantity of butter 

 in any week, was 17 lbs. This is the most extraordinary cow 

 of which we have any record. Though it has been presented 

 to the public before, yet the account may not be accessible to 

 all ; and I deem it useful to state the mode of her treatment. 



"In the summer season, she was fed on clover, lucerne, rye 

 grass and carrots, three or four times a day ; and at noon, about 

 four gallons of grains and two of bran, mixed together, always 

 observing to give her no more feed than she eats up clean. In 

 the winter season, she was fed with hay, grains, and bran, 

 mixed as before stated, feeding her often, viz. five or six times 

 a day, as was seen proper, and giving her food when milking ; 

 keeping the manger clean, where she is fed with grains ; not 

 to let it get sour ; wash her udder at milking three times with 

 cold water, winter and summer ; never tied up ; lies in or out 

 the barn as she likes ; particularly careful to milk her regularly 

 and clean. Milch cows are often spoiled for want of patience 

 at the latter end of milking them." 



I now proceed with a list of cows produced and raised among 

 ourselves ; not a distinct but a mixed race ; raised under innu- 

 merable disadvantages; yet showing, in a remarkable manner, 

 what valuable materials we have to work with. 



1. The Oakes Cow in Danvers, Mass., produced in 1813, 

 ISO lbs. of butter; in 1814, 300 lbs. ; in 1815, over 400 lbs. ; 

 in 1816, 484J lbs. During this time, one quart of the milk 

 was reserved daily for family use, and she suckled four calves 

 for four weeks each, in the course of those years. She pro- 

 duced in one week 19i lbs. butter ; and an average of more 

 than 16 lbs. of butter per week, for three months in succession. 

 The largest amount of milk given by her in one day, was 44| 

 lbs. She was allowed 30 to 35 bushels of Indian meal per 

 year and all her own skimmed milk and most of the butter- 

 milk. At one time, the owner gave her potatoes, which in- 

 creased her milk, but not her butter. In the autumn, he gave 

 her about six bushels of carrots. 



This cow came into the possession of Josiah Quincy, then of 



